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PCA Main Event: Hortin Leads After Day 1A

The 11th-annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,300 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event kicked off today at the Atlantis Paradise Island, with 295 players choosing to enter on day 1A and take their shot at part of the $10,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. At the end of the day only 184 remained, with American poker pro Dylan Hortin […]

Fabian Quoss Wins 2014 PCA $100k Super High Roller

Fabian Quoss is the latest young German poker pro to come out on top in a super high roller event. The 31-year-old from Nuremburg came out on top from a field of 56 entries in the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 super high roller, beating a final table featuring the likes of Dan Shak, Vanessa […]

Zynga To Launch Test For Bitcoin Payments

Zynga announced a few days ago that it is now trying its hand at accepting Bitcoins, a virtual currency that has gained steam in recent months. “In response to Bitcoin’s rise in popularity around the world, Zynga, with help from BitPay, is testing expanded payment options for players to make in-game purchases using Bitcoin,” the […]

Win With Carbon Poker's $25,000 Race For Riches

This January, Carbon Poker players can win their share of over $25,000 with the Race For Riches promotion. Players simply play in any one of a number of specified tournaments to earn multiplier points. The more you play, the higher your multiplier. This is applied to your VIP point total and determines your place on […]

Police Bust Gambling Dens In Malaysia

Forty eight individuals were arrested in a online gambling raid on New Years Eve in Malaysia, according to reports. The bust happened in the city of Miri, as local police relied on help from Bukit Aman’s Anti-Vice, Gambling and Gangsterism Division. The 48 were arrested at three separate alleged gambling dens. The 48 included workers […]

Former NFL Player Arrested For Gambling

The Tampa Bay Tribune reported that former local football star and ex-NFL player Donald “Reche” Caldwell was arrested Sunday for allegedly running an illegal gambling operation in Tampa, Florida. The 34-year-old Caldwell played wide receiver at the University of Florida, before going to the NFL and playing with several teams — the New England Patriots, […]

PCA $10 MM Guaranteed Main Event Begins Today

The highlight of the 11th-annual running of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure off today: the $10,300 no-limit hold’em main event. For the first time this tournament features a guaranteed prize pool, with at least $10 million to be distributed among those who make the money. Cards get in the air at 12:00 PM EST, with players […]

Dan Shak Leads Stacked PCA $100k Final Table

A star-studded final table has been set in the 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 no-limit hold’em super high roller. A total of 56 entries were made in this event, but now only seven remain with Dan Shak as the chip leader with 3,700,000. The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $277,080 but surely have […]

Caesars Alleges Additional Misconduct By Crosby

Caesars Entertainment Corp. recently filed an amendment to its lawsuit against the chairman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. The firm has now accused the state’s top gaming regulator of personally calling Steve Wynn, owner of Wynn Resorts, to encourage him to remain in the hunt for a casino in the Boston area. Caesars was once […]

Cleveland Casino Closes Due To Cold

It’s rare for 24-hour casinos to close for a brief period of time, but that’s just what happened in Cleveland on Monday thanks to frigid cold temperatures that hit the Midwest. Due to the weather, we will close at 3am today, until further notice. For updates, please check Facebook, Twitter or call 216-297-4777. — Horseshoe […]

Andrew Brokos: Room For Error

Poker is about mistakes. In the long run, you don’t make money from good cards – everyone gets good cards eventually – you make money from your opponent’s mistakes. This is good news, because you can’t control the cards that you get, but you can control your opponent’s mistakes. To do so, you have to […]

Tribe Sues Feds Over Online Poker Site

A tribe located within the state of Oklahoma has sued the U.S. government because it wants to be able to offer online poker and the feds have said not so fast. The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes brokered a revenue-sharing deal with Oklahoma for its pokertribes.com online poker site. The federal government objected not to the […]

FL Casinos Might Depend On Referendum

A couple of Florida lawmakers are looking at making it a requirement that any future gambling expansion proposal in the state go before voters. That means that even if a billion-dollar casino was going in Miami, which would be the likely spot if they are ever approved, residents in the Panhandle would have a say. […]

Martin Finger Leads PCA $100k After Day 1

The 2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 eight-max no-limit hold’em super high roller event drew a total of 52 entries on day 1, with 45 unique players and seven re-entries. As a result the prize pool has already surpassed $5 million, and could grow even larger before registration closes at 12:00 PM EST for the beginning […]

Finding The Line: A Street By Street Look

Playing a hand well requires multiple streets of good decisions, which pros refer to as a line. In Card Player’s new Finding The Line series, readers will be able to let us know what they consider to be the most optimal lines in hands played by professionals at some of the largest tournaments in the […]

Get VIP Benefits With Card Player Poker

Card Player Poker is offering you a chance to win $10,000 in the $25,000 Poker Summit Online Championship. Card Player Poker does not require deposits and offers an opportunity to win real cash and prizes. The site is running the $25,000 Poker Summit and is getting close to paying out. The step tournament series will […]

I-Poker's Biggest Winners And Losers From 2013

Niklas “ragen70” Heinecker went on an absurd heater during the fourth quarter of 2013 on Full Tilt Poker to end the calender year up around $6.3 million, which was tops in the online poker world, according to tracking data from HighstakesDB. By the way, he also won another $4.5 million from tournaments. It’s safe to […]

Mercier Looking For Action In Sober Bet

Poker pro Jason Mercier took to Twitter recently to see if anyone in the gambling community was up for a prop bet that involved abstaining from drinking for an entire year. Anyone want to do a no alcohol bet for 2014? Minimum 100k please — Jason Mercier (@JasonMercier) December 29, 2013 Some of his peers […]

Tribe Clears Hurdle For Mass. Casino

The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe cleared a crucial hurdle this week in its quest to build one of the three new casinos set to come to the state of Massachusetts. According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs decided not block the new tax agreement the tribe had brokered with the […]

PokerStars To Continue U.S. Pursuit In 2014

PokerStars, the world’s top online poker site, has so far failed to secure entry into both Nevada and New Jersey online gambling markets, but it will not give up on figuring out a way to re-enter the U.S. in 2014, according to a company blog post released Tuesday. PokerStars was kicked out of U.S. cyberspace […]

Card Table Causing Finger Amputations Recalled

Be careful poker players. A card table sold at Wal-Mart is being recalled after reports of the item causing finger tip amputations and one full finger amputation. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission released a posting to its website on Thursday that said the Mainstay five-piece card table set contains chairs which “can collapse unexpectedly, […]

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Begins Today

The 11th-annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure kicks off on Sunday, January 5th at the Atlantis Resort & Casino on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, with 39 events taking place over the nine-day festival that runs from January 5th through the 14th. Over the past decade the PCA has consistently been one of the biggest events on […]

Expert: California Online Poker In 2015

The state of California, which has a population greater than that of Canada, has been regarded, aside from a federal bill, as the top prize in the United States for the online gambling industry at large. Efforts have taken place in the Golden State for years now with regards to authorizing online poker, but the […]

Poker Hand Of The Week: What's Your Play?

Give us your opinion in the comments section below for your chance at winning a six-month Card Player magazine digital subscription. Ask any group of poker players how you played your hand and they’ll come up with dozens of different opinions. That’s just the nature of the game. Each week, Card Player will select a […]

First Taiwan Casino To Open By 2019

The local government of Taiwan has said that its first casino will open its doors by the year 2019, Forbes reported on Wednesday. “Given that the act could be successfully passed in the beginning of year 2014, we optimistically expect that the earliest time the casino could open to public in Matsu is around 2019,” […]

Macau Win $45.2B From Gamblers In 2013

Macau just broke its own record. After a big December, the former Portuguese colony and the only place in China were casinos are legal, took in 360.7 billion patacas ($45.2 billion) from gamblers in 2013. That mark was a 19-percent increase compared to calendar year 2012, which was then a record. These figures are according […]

Crazy Gambling Stories From December

The gambling world can sometimes produce really off-the-wall stories. Every month there are plenty of cases of individuals going to extreme lengths to pay back debts, or of simply bizarre behavior at casino properties around the globe. It can be entertaining and sometimes sad. December was no exception, as there was plenty that happened in […]

NJ Sees More Than 125K I-Gambling Accounts

Online gambling — including the game of poker — has progressed steadily in New Jersey over the past month, with the number of accounts growing from a modest five-figure sum to well over six-figures, according to state regulatory reports. Gambling on the web began in the state on Nov. 26. The most recent figure the […]

CPPT: Palm Beach Kennel Club a Success

Success for players and card rooms alike on the Card Player Poker Tour continues as Season II plays out across the United States. After beginning at bestbet Jacksonville in Florida in late August, the tour once again returned to Florida for a stop at Palm Beach Kennel Club in West Palm Beach Florida. The series […]

Wynn Found Suitable For Casino Near Boston

The state of Massachusetts has found Wynn Resorts suitable for building a $1.2 billion casino complex near Boston. The decision was issued on Friday. The commission said in a statement: “As a result of the comprehensive background investigation, a lengthy adjudicatory proceeding and an intensive deliberation conducted by the five-member gaming commission, the Commission finds […]